The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-05-21
Letter from Perry's bridge.

Letter from Perry's Bridge.
Editor Abbeyllle Mcridioual.
my your issue of February q, 1886,
therein appeared communication
doubting very seriously the practi-
cability to build a drawbridge across
Bayou Vermlion at Perry's Bridge
and signed Lower Vermiion.' The
author was then under the impress
sion "that to construct such wonder
fnl hybrid" was positively more than
the combined brains of the I'erry's
Bridger could compete; that such
grand architectural undertaking
was science. and would have
warned our parish fathers against
! they lavishing too much confidence
on the Bridgers; he would have liked
! the repeal of the S so, and a lot OF
old bridge lyon donated to the bridge
committee for the purpose to assist
them in the building of the bridge.
Then your correspondent would
have taken the $3.50, aud with it.
| quoting his words, would have
open up and brdged the highly es-
I sental road lately traced from the
Cove to town via Guidry; and
everybody knows that would be a
success. Now, Mr.. Editor, every
body knows very well that for nearly
a year the Police Jury have done
all that they could to open up the
Guidry road, and have succeeded to
open only one half of the road-one
mile and half-and only that much
of the road cost the parish some
thing like sSl5. Now the Hridgers
would be pleased to know from the
far.seeing correspondent whether or
not our then so-called rattIetrap and
white elephant is up to his expecta-
ton. The Bridgers would have had
taken this matter under cousidera-
ton sooner, but as the prediction
was made by savant and philoso-
phcr, very naturally we refrained
from saying anything about it until
such time as would make us sure
that we could make use of the old
maxim: "That whosoever crow first,
do not always crow the last;' for in
this case the Bridgers claim to have
I decidedly the advantage, and praise
themselves in stating that they were
successful in the building of a bridge
probably not coualled in the State
OF Louisiana, aud the following par
tic llar explanations are here given
for the benefit OF those who have
not seen the bridge. and know nolh-
ing about it: Length Of whole
bridge, 30S feet; main piles, l01l 0
and Sxs under the approaches, and
their length heing from l3 to As
feet; span. 60 feet; cords, 3lxl4
inches, tribled. The whole Of the
bridge is strongly braced and bolt
ed, The holts being Il thick by 5
inches long, and all that cost 1852.
The bridge in its operation Is easy,
and any boy who is high enough to
turn the crank can open the bridge
as readily as giant.
Now VIC trust that we have at
least given satisfaction to the gen
eral public, and tender them thanks
) for whatever assistance they may
have contributed, and especially to
the honorable the president and
members of the Police jury who
entrusted the bridge committee with
$3.50 of the public funds to assist
them in the building of the bridge.
Now. in case our committee has un
fortunately failed to give oar
would-bc philosopher entire salts
t faction, all he has to do is to draw
on the committee for the amount OF
his pro rata share of the $3.50, as
! we suppose he is a taxpayer, and The
same will be paid at sight.
/ PEREY's BRIDGE.